Well nothing like the smell of sheit in the mornin fellas.   Sun is out boys are wrapped up and I am trying to catch up from last nights scream fest !


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I spent many of months on a mission for my faith trying just that Tex.  Arguing fighting belittling people.    I left me feeling empty and mean hearted.   I would say that it left me changed in a much better way to finish what I was doing with a prayerful faithful heart.   I won't argue or even boarder line debate.   Tension is never apart of Christi way of teaching.   

Agree


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What side of the tank will you fill up your truck from is also a consideration


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This is my garage away from home.   Moved out and left my clean and organized garage.  Put the bike away for winter


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Today's morning reading.

Might I say. Being a stay at home father has allowed me to read a bit more work on some more personal/spiritual betterment

In ancient Greece, runners competed in a relay race called a lampadedromia. In the race, runners held a torch in their hand and passed it on to the next runner until the final member of the team crossed the finish line.


The prize wasn’t awarded to the team that ran fastest--it was awarded to the first team to reach the finish line with its torch still lit.


There is a profound lesson here, one taught by prophets ancient and modern: while it is important to start the race, it is even more important that we finish with our torch still lit.


Solomon Started Strong


The great King Solomon is an example of someone who started strong. When he was young, he “loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father” (1 Kings 3:3). God was pleased with him and said, “Ask what I shall give thee” (1 Kings 3:5).


Instead of asking for riches or a long life, Solomon asked for “an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad” (1 Kings 3:9).


This pleased the Lord so much that He blessed Solomon not only with wisdom but also with wealth beyond measure and a long life.


Though Solomon was indeed very wise and did many great things, he did not finish strong. Sadly, later in his life, “Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord” (1 Kings 11:6).



Finishing Our Own Race


How many times have we started something and not finished? Diets? Exercise programs? Commitments to read the scriptures daily? Decisions to be better disciples of Jesus Christ?


How often do we make resolutions in January and pursue them with red-hot determination for a few days, a few weeks, or even a few months only to find that by October, the flame of our commitment is little more than cold ash?


One day I ran across a funny picture of a dog lying next to a piece of paper he had shredded. It read, “Certificate of Dog-Obedience Training.”


We are like that sometimes.


We have good intentions; we start strong; we want to be our best self. But in the end we leave our resolutions shredded, discarded, and forgotten.


It’s human nature to stumble, fail, and sometimes want to drop out of the race. But as disciples of Jesus Christ, we have committed not only to begin the race but also to finish it--and finish it with our torch still burning brightly. The Savior promised His disciples, “He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved” (Matthew 24:13).


Let me paraphrase what the Savior has promised in our day: If we keep His commandments and finish with our torch still lit, we will have eternal life, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God (see D&C 14:7; see also 2 Nephi 31:20).



The Light That Never Dies


Sometimes after stumbling, failing, or even giving up, we get discouraged and believe our light has gone out and our race is lost. But I testify that the Light of Christ cannot be extinguished. It shines in the darkest night and will relight our hearts if only we incline our hearts to Him (see 1 Kings 8:58).


No matter how often or how far we fall, the Light of Christ ever burns brightly. And even in the deepest night, if we but step toward Him, His light will consume the shadows and reignite our souls.


This race of discipleship is not a sprint; it’s a marathon. And it makes little difference how fast we go. In fact, the only way we can lose the race is by finally giving in or giving up.


As long as we continue to rise up and move toward our Savior, we win the race with our torches burning brightly.


For the torch is not about us or about what we do.


It is about the Savior of the world.


And that is a Light that can never be dimmed. It is a Light that swallows the darkness, heals our wounds, and blazes even in the midst of the deepest sorrow and unfathomable darkness.


It is a Light that surpasses understanding.


May each of us finish the path we have begun. And with the help of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, we will finish joyfully and with our torches still lit. I


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Hockey pucks would be cheap and large enough to cover the size of these feet.   I'll look for his build


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That's a good ideas.

 Tex what is gtg


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I will start by saying I am a proud LDS Mormon,

Today I listened to a lesson on the lords forgiveness that took me back to a place of pure wow! 

I have always felt that sin was a sin and you could be forgiven for said sin.  I always have been under the assumption that Christ paid for our sins and so on.   Leaving me knowing the savior was there for me.   But I struggle with letting my self forgive myself.  Me letting go of things that I have not done so perfectly. 

It was taught today ( not saying I haven't heard it before but just today ) and it hit me.   When we sin and ask our savior for forgiveness he doesn't just heal our spiritual wound he doesn't restore it.  Christ says he will remember it no more!    It's as if he gives us a brand new me.   And blemish free fresh start.   Granted we have to try and keep it that way but.   Still.    It gave me a wonderful mood today.  Nothing could take me down from my spiritual high!!!




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Wow this is not helpful with out pictures. Excuse me:)

It's a eight gallon tank I'll get more measurements tomorrow.


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Just getting ready for bed.   Got my bottles lined up!! 

You got yours?


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Kinda like professional cheerleaders. "20footers"


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Good from far.  Far from good!


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They have good days and bad.  Some days they are just happy to be held.  You put them down and it's a screaming cat in a disposal. The others are give me a blanket and leave me be.   I prefer the leave me be.  But with two I can only jiggle one at a time. It's another day
Done. Wife is home :)

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Don't mind the hole in my wall from the dog tripping over my sitting chair. 


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Well considering I haven't shaved my goat for more then six months.   It gives my kids something to yank on when I am holding them


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Thanks all.   We will continue it


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Today is my sons 8th birthday.  He asked for home made ice cream and chocolate sauce.   

you'll have to excuse the garage mess. 


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Now that's a pasta salad I could enjoy.  To bad the wife won't eat anything that comes from the water,  I already want to mushrooms in it


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The first photo is of me and my second son.  And the dog.  He feels really left out since he used to be attached to me 24-7.
The second photo is of our family trip to the Unitas we rented a six seater sxs and that darn thing would climb any thing and the sights were amazing!!
The second is the motorized shaking device that holds the boys while I get my SSS on in the AM


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Dave, way to jump in to the deep end of the pool on day what? 2, 3?  Thanks for sharing. Looks yummy

Tex I am on the duramaxforum too. Seems the really good people followed don over here. Like Don says. People helping people.


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I guess I can chime in with my pork loin that I did tonight,


Served with green beans and some pasta,    The pork is the treat I tell you what

First you make a dressing of thyme, olive oil, Fresh  garlic,  some salt and some of the other smell good things that perky nose from the cabinet of deliciousness,
Preheat he oven to 500. Rub your pork with the paste like sauce.  Place in cooking pan of choice and let sit till oven is ready.
Sauce pan now.  Scoop some of your favorite jelly preserve. ( we have grape welches for the kids) about four big soup spoons.  Add four table spoons of red wine vinegar to the mix.   Now it calls for shallots but I never have any and this is where I open bottles and sniff them to see what smells good to me. 
Add a bit of this a bit of that and place all in the suace pan and heat it up.  Be careful it's a lot of sugar in there and that can burn nasty messy into a pan.  Now.  Place pork in oven for six min then remove and pour on your sauce pan and turn over your pork, Save enough sauce for round two and some to go in a dish on the table.  Back in the oven till  it reaches 150 inside temp then remove and add more sauce, let stand then slice and serve.


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This is the most terrible page to read at 6:30am.  I am starving for dinner and it's way to early. 




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Thanks gang.   


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I am Dave, 30 with a enthusiasm for guns, vehicles of all types, been working in manufacturing for five years and taking time off to be a stay at home dad and finishing my engineering degree.

I think like a end of the world preper mostly because I think it's good brain exercise.

I have professional painting experience from automotive to industrial and residential high end and low.   The manufacturing job falls under the I can't tell you department. 

Glad to be here and I know that it's a great bunch of people here


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I'll start a sort of build thread on this.  From the top. Me and the wife wanted twins. Figured it would be good to kill two birds with one stone, sure enough we were blessed with twin boys that came eight weeks early. Three weeks in the nicu and they have been home for two weeks now.

I am going to be the stay at home dad for the next few years as can be a full time student also.  While the wife is fortunate enough to be doing really well at work.

Yesterday was my first adventure solo with the kids. I would say it was successful and left me feeling accomplished.


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